Correspondence.

NEEDING HELP . To the Editor of T HE FREEMASON ' S CHROKICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Permit me to acknowledge with grateful thanks the undermentioned subscriptions on behalf of the widow and children of the late Bro . Goddin , referred to in your valuable paper of 17 th inst ., also to thank you for your kindness in receiving subscriptions on behalf of the unfortunate family . £ s d

Percy Lodge of Instruction , per Bro . Fenner 10 0 Strong Man Lodge of Instruction , per do . ... 0 7 G Sincerity Lodge , 174 2 2 0 Bro . Billiard , W . M . 174 0 10 0 „ J . S . Johnson , 174 0 5 0 „ F . Brown , 174 0 5 0 „ H . J . Cant , 174 0 5 0

„ Georgo JoneH , 174 ... 0 5 0 „ G . F . Dix , 1421 0 5 0 „ G . H ., 1421 0 5 0 A few Friends per Bro . Morgan 0 6 6 Prosperity Lodge of Instruction , per Bro .

Morgan 116 Bro . T . J . Barnes , P . M . 554 , 933 1 1 0 Langthonie Lodge , 1421 1 1 0 Bro . J . G . Stevens , P . M . 554 , 933 0 10 6 „ W . Steedman , 1421 0 10 0 „ Geo . Levick , 1421 0 5 0 „ Alfred Furness , 1421 0 5 0

I am , yours faithfully , CHARLES LACEY , P . M . 174 , & c . [ We shall be pleased to receive and forward any other amounts which may be sent us . —ED . F . C . ]

MEETINGS AT TAVERNS .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I was very glad to see the letter of Bro . J . G . Dunn in your impression of Saturday . It has for a long time appeared to me very ridiculous for London brethren to com . plain about the drawbacks to meeting in taverns when they fail to avail themselves of the excellent accommodation afforded by the London

Masonic Club . When that Club was first started I took a share , and also became a member , although scarcely ever visiting town , simply in the hope and expectation that others wero doing the same , and that an institution would bo thus formed , widely supported in tho Craft , which would become a sort of rallying point for brethren at all times and occasions . My stake , as you see , in the concern is so

small as to be a matter of little moment , but I mnst confess to a feeling of great disappointment at finding the club so wretohedly supported as it is . That many Provincial cities and towns should bo able to support Masonic clnbs , and that our Metropolitan brethren cannot do so—even with the supplemental aid of their less wealthy

provincial brethren—locks to me as i 5 their real love of Masonry lie 3 but skin deep . I sincerely home that the approaching meeting of shareholders on the 27 th inst . will mark the turning point in the history of the Club , and that London brethren will not permit an institution already in good working order to lapse through their lack of pluck . I am , yours fraternally , A YORKSHIRE W . M .

To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am glad to find that Bro . Dunn , the Secretary of the London Masonic Club , has come forward , and pointed out that the Club premises in Queen Yictoria > street " afford every facility and accommodation" for Lodge meetings . He would

be doing still further service if he would give some general idea of the terms and conditions on which Lodges might arrange to meet there . Given reasonable terms , I do not doubt there are very many Lodges which wonld be only too glad to take up their quarters there rather than meet , as now , iu taverns j though it cannot be denied that very many of these are highly respectable and well-conduoted

establishments . Fraternally yours , ALPHA .

SIGNING ATTENDANCE BOOK .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In reply to " a Provincial Mason /' I beg to say that in my humble opinion the Attendance Book may very properly , and indeed should always be used on occasions of Masonic gatherings . In the Lodge over which I have the honour

to preside the Attendance Book is used whenever the members are called together by circular , whether to attend a banquet , a funeral , or on any other special occasion . As all meetings convened by circular are official I should say that there is every reason why the names of the brethren present should be recorded in an official manner . I am , yours fraternally , 20 th Nov . 1877 . A N ORTH COUNTRY W . M .

Correspondence.

VALLEY OF NEW ZEALAND . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In reply to your correspondent "A Knight , & c , " I would submit that when a Masonic body , which may originally havo been deemed " a schism , " receives the patronage of the highest rulers in Masonry , and the submission of the largest

proportion of members of tho Order which it professes to govern , in the country in which it is established , it ceases to bo a schism , aud should , according to all Masonic usage , be recognised , as representing the wishes of the majority . If this be not so , we need not look very far back to find that every institution on tho face of tho earth is " a schism . "

Hitherto I bolievo all Masonry in the Australasian colonies has derived from the ruling Masonic bodies of Great Britain and Ireland , aud it would be thought a monstrous broach of decorum if any party of Australian Masons wero to apply for , and receive from the Grand Oriont of Egypt—for instance—a charter for a Blue Lodge . In the same way , if our Now Zealand friends wished for a separate Supreme

Grand Council of the A . and A . Rite , why did they not apply to one of the ruling bodies in England , Scotland or Ireland , aud so obtain their constitution in an orthodox manner ? As your correspondent has not corrected me on that point , I presume my information is correct , that the New Zealanders did obtain their authority from the Grand Orient of Egypt .

Considering that our Colonial brethren aro agreed , by an overwhelming majority , that tho time has not yet arrived for any movement on their part for the establishment of a Grand Lodgo for all Australia and New Zealand , I should say that the acquisition of a Supreme Grand Council for New Zealand alone was highly undesirable , and far from calculated to maintain tho prestige of the

Order . Yours faithfully and fraternally , ROSE CROIX 19 th November 1877 .

THE COSMOPOLITAN CALENDAR .

To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BRO . —I quito agree with you that the editing of this publication is of a very lax description , which is much to bo regretted , as I believe it is the only publication professing to give Masonic information beyond tho strict limits of " The Craft . " Turning over a copy of the edition for 187 S , just received , and gla ncing down tho list of Mark Lodges , I find no mention on the

list of the York Mark Lodge ( Time Immemorial ) , a Lodge which worked independently until November 187 G , when it was received under the banner of tho Grand Lodge Mark Lodge of England , and honoured with a " Timo Immemorial" position . Surely this is a grave omission , nor does it stand solitary . I am , yours fraternally , lGth Nov ., 1877 . A MARK MASON .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am under tho impression that a new chapter of H . R . M . of the Royal Order of Scotland was opened in

London this year , but I seo no mention of it in the " Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar , " which professes to give a list of R . O . S . Lodges and Chapters . Am I correct in my impression , and if so can you inform me where an authentic list is to be obtained ? I am , yours fraternally , 20 th Nov . 1877 . AN ENQUIRER .

A few members of the St . John ' s Lodge met on Wednesday , the 21 st inst ., at Bro . G . Bnbb ' s , 167 New Bond-street , for the purpose of presenting a gold Past Master ' s jewel , set with a diamond , with suitable inscription , to Bro . A . Pinto Leite , P . M . of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 795 . The presentation was made in appropriate terms by Bro . G . Bubb W . M . of the Lodge and P . M . 110 , and was suitably acknowledged .

THE English , nation is said to be deeply agitated over tho question as to whether Shakespeare was over a Freemason . Some people think he was , because he alludes somewhere to the kingly pines and the royal larches . From this they infer that ho was a Royal Arch Mason . But he wasn't . It is true that he was a skilful performer on the triangle , aud that he used occasionally to get plumb full ; but

his weakness was smuggled whisky , which had never beeu ganged , and it invariably levelled him . When Shakespeare was a little boy , he used to ride on a big goat all round the lodge of Sir Thomas Lncy , but tliat is the uoarest he ever camo to being Freo and Accepted . Further particulars can bo had by applying to Mr . Morgan , who was thrown over Niagara Falls some years ago . — San Francisco News Letter .

Deaths.

Deaths .

ON the 1 / tli Novo inner , at 3 Queei :-stiwr , T .: m mstor , VER X ST . Arnv :. - lH . vu : r , M OORB , aged seven years , only sun oi' B .-o . Dr . J . LS , JL XJIU :, P . G . H . B . of England , & e . At his residence , 9 Cambridge-terrace , Am uJu ' . sq v re , Bai'USbm y , on Siiiuln V , the 18 th inst ., GEOHGE PBICE , aged ' 12 ,